Dish washing and rinsing apparatus.



.910. 673,699. Patehted May 7, l90l. J u CHAPMAN & c E WORRiLL "DISHWASHING AND BlNSlNG-APPARATUS.

(Application filed Mar. 12, 1901.1 (NolodaL) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

WITNESS Alla/nay No. 673,699. Patented May 7, 190i. .1. H. CHAPMAN & c.E. WOBBELL.

DISH WASHING AND RINSING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Mar.v 12, 1901.;

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UNITED STATES JUSTIN H. CHAPMAN AND CHARLES E. WORRELL, OF NATIONALHOME, INDIANA.

PATENT O FicE.

MILITARY DISH WASHING ANDRINSING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No. 673,699., dated May 7,1901.

Application filed March 12, 1901. serial No. 50,852. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JUSTIN H. CHAPMAN and CHARLES E. WORRELL, citizensof the United States, residing at National Military Home, in the countyof Grant and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Dish Washing and Rinsing Apparatus; and we do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in dishwashing and rinsing machines; and it consists in the provision of asuitable receptacle or tank in which is mounted a rack, whereby dishesmay be held upon edge or otherwise, and a spraying-pipe which passesthrough the ends of the tank in suitable bearings adapted to have aswinging motion, whereby as the operator swings said pipe back and forththe dishes may be thoroughly rinsed by means of fine sprays of waterbeing thrown through the pipe in various directions.

The invention will be hereinafter more fully described and thenspecifically defined in the appended claims and is clearly illustratedin the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of referencemarked thereon,form part of this application, and in which drawings--Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved dish washing and rinsingapparatus. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal view through the tank andthe rinsing-pipe, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a slightly-modifiedform. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the modified form shown in Fig. 3.

Reference now beinghad to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the tank, which is made, preferably, of copper or othersuitable metal and is mounted upon legs B. This tank has a rack O, whichis made, preferably, of a framework carrying cross-rods spaced apart,whereby plates or other dishes may be held between said rods or on edge.The opposite ends of the tank are perforated and provided with bearingsD, in which the rinsing-pipe E is adapted to rock. This rinsing-pipe isbent at right angles adjacent to its bearing-points where it passesthrough the ends of the tank and is also bent at right angles near thetop of the tank, at the ends thereof, as at F, and secured near saidangles F are operating-handles H, one at each 'end of the tank. Saidspraying-pipe intermediate its angled portions is perforated, therebeing several rows of perforations disposed in different directions,whereby when water passes through said pipe under pressure fine spraysof water will be thrown downwardly and laterally through all portions ofthe tank, so as to thoroughly rinse the dishes which are held upon therack below. The upper edge or arm of the tank should be formed into aroll or head K. A suitable outlet-aperture M is provided at one end ofthe tank, which is the lowest part of the tank. In order to allow thewater to run to the lowest part, where the outlet is located, either thebody of the tank may be lower at one end or legs may be so built as togive a slight incline to the entire tank.

In operation the dishes, after being thoroughly washed either in therinsing-tank or in a near by receptacle which may be separate from therinsing-tank, are placed either upon the rack or between the rodsthereof, and by manipulating the spraying-pipe by rocking the same backand forth the dishes become thoroughly rinsed.

In Figs. 3 and 4 we have shown a slightlymodified form of our invention,in which the tank is used exclusively for washing dishes.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. A dish washing and rinsing apparatus, comprising a tank of metal orother suitable material mounted upon legs, one end of said tankbeinglower than the other, a rack mounted in said tank, an angled pipejournaled near 5 the bottom thereof in the end walls of the tank, saidpipe being bent upward and having a longitudinal portion extendingsubstantially the length of the tank and adjacent to its upper edge, andhandles secured to said pipe I00 adjacent to its angled portion, saidpipe being perforated and adapted to be swung by the handles from oneside to the other thereswinging bail-shaped portion of said pipehavv of.as set forth; inghandles'adapted toswing over said rack 2. In adishwashing and rinsing apparatus, from side to side of the tank, as setforth. 1 the tank of metal or other suitable material, In testimonywhereof we hereunto affix our r 5 a rack having legs resting upon thebottom signatures in presence ofvtwo witnesses.

of said tank, which is slightly inclined, said a rack being made up ofone or more series of v l rods, between which dishes may be held on gedge, combined with a swinging, perforated, Witnesses: TO rinsing-pipejournaled in the. ends of the tank E. R. HAOKETT,

below the upper surface of the rack, and the GEPHAs DoDD.

